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Have a fresh loaf from the creature's bakery in these trying times

Heck I wear Pokemon shirts with the cuter species on them and an Over the Garden Wall cardigan on the odd occasion.

That doesn't mean I'm less of a "man" than anyone else.

Anyone throwing stereotypes around for trans folks is missing the point. Not every transfem person is an overly cutesy anime girl and not every transmasc person I've met is super masculine. It's all about experimentation and capturing individual personality - something that a stereotype never will.

Forcing yourself to make your body appear to certain standards is exactly what these companies want.

Some people are simply born with larger builds and should learn to love them instead of hurting themselves.

I always have email I don't want people knowing my address lol
(Unless I'm ordering something but you get the idea)

Oh I had to refund a textbook and the company just had response bots and I was furious.

I eventually had to get a direct email contact line.

A convention photo with Michael Kovach - voice of Jax from The Amazing Digital Circus and N from Murder Drones among many others.

Not to mention the absolutely incredible convention experience I had at Toon Fusion Tulsa with @kovox.net.

I'm stuck in the middle of nowheresville so getting a chance to meet the talent behind such a creative and impactful series for me was an unforgettable experience.

A chalk doodle of Kinger from The Amazing Digital Circus surrounded by doodles of other characters that people contributed.

Sounds like things are rough for Digital Circus fans so I wanted to share something positive.

If it wasn't for this show I wouldn't have sketched that chalk Kinger that immortalized @sonicmega.bsky.social.

This show helped me make friends and see myself in something and I'm forever grateful.

Well if I didn't live somewhere that has no oceans I'd be glad to help but the only oceans where I am seem to be roads and crops lol

He absolutely had no clue lol

In some of his interviews with Dawko he talked about how he had the settings for each game planned but the story came later

The first game's story worked as being self contained. You didn't get answers to absolutely everything but got enough to understand what happened through the hidden newspaper clippings.

And then FNAF 2 and its deluge of easter eggs happened and we've been spiraling ever since lol

Gravity Falls really was lightning in a bottle in that department because the whole show was about solving mysteries but you'd still get enough to follow along to enjoy the plot and then some.

There was an ARG but that felt more like a love letter to the fans and less for publicity.

Funny you say that because there was a time where he thought a CANCELLED book had some hidden ARG in there.

And then people harassed local businesses in the area kinda like what happened when people doxxed the location of the real world footage in TADC.

It still does feel like his most distasteful video.

And this is from the same channel that made a "joke" video about the "best boobs in gaming" and another about Luigi's bulge in a Mario Sports game.

Oh yes.

That was there ever since his first video on FNAF where he thought the first game was based on a real life incident at a Chuck E Cheese.

I'm dead serious

Oh definitely.

A lot of his later "theories" were basically fanfic with a fancier name and almost treated like fact. His entire FNAF timeline has entirely made up stuff in there.

It was the gospel for Five Nights at Freddy's fans - Matpat was more a figure of authority than it's own creator.

This led to more excitement over "Oh what's Matpat going to say about the L O R E in the new game?!" instead of the actual game at times.

In my honest opinion a huge part of this problem was Five Nights At Freddy's.

The creator purposely made the story as convoluted as possible and that led to theorist communities like The Game Theorists tried to "solve" it. This series attracted lots of younger fans as well.

Oh 100%.

Theorist culture has completely destroyed trying to enjoy what an author is trying to say.

Now it's just "No it's actually THIS and YOU'RE WRONG" even though some of these ideas are simply impossible with the story being told.

Yeah it made me uncomfortable with how much Alex's wedding was made into a spectacle. The media loves their celebrity marriages for some reason.

That and recontextualising a Goose joke response to someone's question for more clicks is unbelievably rude.

Don't forget Ahmed Best.

Poor dude was driven to the point of contemplating killing himself after the large amount of hatred towards Jar Jar Binks he received.

I get Jar Jar wasn't exactly a fan favorite but that is taking it too far.

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AND INTO THE CEMENT YOU GO

Super Mario Bros was about saving a lady from a fire breathing dude who just treated her like a possession.

Sonic the Hedgehog was all about environmentalism and that it's okay to find and fight for your own path in life.

Even outside of the world of RPGs there's still plenty of commentary.

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Today's adventure is reminding Goose of just how many of us love her creativity and universe.

Share that fanart. Talk about your favorite character moments or gags. There's no need to harass her and show talent over pointless discourse.

Trying to harass a creator over the direction they're taking their story is a level of braindead I thought this lovely little show would never endure but here we are.

Let's make a push for fan art and creativity that's louder than ever to drown out the noise of this echo chamber.

Oh they've angered the great Gianni.

They're really in deep water now.

I'm sorry to hear that these people are harassing everyone.

That and getting harassed for saying Jax, the character known for horrible behavior, was horrible is a level of stupidity I didn't know was possible.

I truly wish the best for this team and hope you all get out of this okay.

I have met so many wonderful fans in-person at conventions. All of this toxic discourse we see on the internet regarding fandom are only a small portion of the overall fanbase, most of whom have been lovely.

Please strive to be kind. Thank you.

As one of said fans who had a wonderful interaction with you at a convention I'll continue to be kind.

The toxic minority of fans have blown things out of control but we need to do our best to rebalance things by being kind and having fun with the show.

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